I've been trying out JangaFX's IlluGen to make VFX for Paula. Honestly even though the tool still seems to be pretty early, holy shit, it is so fun to make assets with it.

Its been a month since i started using @gingerbill.org 's Odin language, so I feel compelled to finally write something about that For context: I'm working on a little steamvr overlay tool in my free time. The goal is to learn more about steamvr and to write something lower level than i usually do

We at JangaFX have just released our new superweapon for VFX artists in games: 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙂𝙚𝙣 jangafx.com/software/ill...

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A new article I've written. Unstructured Thoughts on the Problems of OSS/FOSS www.gingerbill.org/article/2025...

There is an annoyance some people using Odin have where they don't want to use the MSVC toolchain on Windows but rather use MinGW. These being the two main toolchains for C/C++ development on Windows. There is a reason Odin uses MSVC and NOT the MinGW toolchain...

This is clearly just AI generated garbage. Please don't read any of it. The code examples are borderline-Go and it's all bad.

Just updated my Odin book. Added something about the address sanitizer, clarified some things and fixed several typos. SUPER BIG THANKS to everyone who has bought it and said such nice things about it!! 💖 Change list is here: zylinski.itch.io/odinbook/dev...

My Odin book comes in two flavors: HTML - Great for reading on the computer. It's a single HTML file with everything baked in. Also works on phone / tablet. EPUB - Simpler layout, for your e-reader, phone or tablet.

So today has been an amazing day for Odin. First the Odin Book, new Odin release, and now Odin is on Compiler Explorer (Godbolt)! SUCH A GOOD DAY!!!

Fun little challenge posed by iq over at TheOtherSite: x.com/iquilezles/s...

It's amazing and surreal to see this. The very first BOOK on Odin is available NOW!!! @zylinski.se has done an excellent job on the book and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn and understand the Odin programming language. odinbook.com

My digital book "Understanding the Odin Programming Language" is OUT NOW! ✨ If you want to learn Odin and demystify low-level programming, then this book is for you! Read more or buy at: odinbook.com

A lot of people ask me how Implement, linked lists/vectors/strings/hash tables, and other common data structures, and I think most people assume i have really good reusable implementations of these after 20+ years. I don't. I always reimplement it every time.

But honestly, mostly because I find @gingerbill.org (Odin creator) and Jonathan Blow's views on software and programming refreshing and thought-provoking, and Odin is clearly an expression of those views 😁 In the "modern replacements for C" space, Rust, Zig, and Odin map out 3 contrasting positions

Hellope!